Morgan County Community Briefs - 06-18-13

Coming up, Ongoing

"Church on the Green" will be held at the Sanctuary grounds every Sunday in June at 10 a.m. at 14587 Highway 34 (Interstate 76 and Hwy. 34) in Fort Morgan.

Big band show

A Big Band show, in conjunction with the annual Glenn Miller SwingFest, will be held on Thursday, June 20, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the City Park in Fort Morgan. For more information, call the Fort Morgan Recreation Department at 542-3921 or visit cityoffortmorgan.com.

MCC at SwingFest

Glenn Miller SwingFest Morgan Community College events:

MCC Platte Valley Band will perform in City park on Thursday, June 20, at 6:30 p.m.

MCC Jazz Ensemble's Ragtime Orchestra will be performing at the Fly-In pancake breakfast, sponsored by the Fort Morgan Lions, on Saturday, June 22, from 8 to 9 a.m.

MCC Jazz Ensemble's Big Band will perform at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 22, at Fort Morgan High School.

Riverview

pool party

Riverview Christian School is hosting a pool party at the Brush swimming pool on Saturday, June 22, from 6 to 9 p.m..

There will be free swimming and a hot dog dinner for families who attend Riverview Christian and for those families that are interested in attending the school in the future. A registration table will be set up for families that would like to register for the 2013-2014 school year.

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There will also be information for those families that would like to learn more about RCS.

Riverview Christian is a non-profit, private school located between Brush and Fort Morgan on Dodd Bridge Road offering preschool through eighth grades.

For more information call the school at 970-842-4604.

Wiggins reunion

The Wiggins All-School Reunion will be held on Sunday, June 23 at the Wiggins High School Event Center.

All those who graduated from or attended Wiggins schools are welcome to attend, as are current or former employees of Wiggins School District.

The schedule for the day is as follows: registration 10:30 a.m., program at noon, catered lunch 12:30 p.m. followed by get-together and fellowship.

American Red Cross will offer free babysitter training for Morgan County youths on Saturday, June 29, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fort Morgan Senior Center.

The course trains youths in essential caretaking and lifesaving skills and opens doors to economic opportunity by teaching teens business savvy and providing them with certification for what is often their first job.

For more information or to register, contact the Fort Morgan Recreation Department at 542-3921.

Poker run

BOBStock Poker run will be held on Saturday, July 6, at the corner of Beaver Avenue and State Street in Fort Morgan. Check-in is from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. For more information, call 970-768-7820 or 9710-380-6293.

Class reunion

The Fort Morgan High School Class of 1993 reunion will be held on Saturday, July 20, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Riverside Park for families and dinner at the Elks for adults. For more information, contact Brandi Jensen at brandileigh.09@hotmail.com or join the group Facebook page at FMHS Class of 1993.

Prairie Bike Rally

Prairie Bike Rally will be held on Saturday, Aug. 24, and Sunday, Aug. 25, at the Morgan County Fairgrounds in Brush. Biker registration will be on Saturday and the poker run will be on Sunday with last bike in by 4 p.m. For more information, call Brush Area Chamber of Commerce at (970) 842-2666 or 1-800-354-8659. Also you may go to the websites, brushchamber.org or prairiebikerrally.com.

Farmers' markets

Fort Morgan and Brush will hold farmers' markets during the summer and early fall.

The Fort Morgan market will be held on Thursdays from 4 to 8 p.m. in the Wells Fargo parking lot at State Street and E. Beaver Avenue.

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